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YoungRemy
03-01-2007, 09:02 PM
Did anyone see the pilot premiere?
Documad
03-01-2007, 09:08 PM
No, but what are you doing in California???
Yeti
03-02-2007, 03:11 PM
I added it to my Tivo list. I watched it and I am going to give it a chance. I do not think most TV viewers will give it a chance because it will take time to get familiar with the characters. It is well done which is no surprise since Paul Haggis is the writer and director. I really don't think it will make it to next season but I will be watching.

Why is this family called The Black Donnellys? They are a bunch of Irish kids.
YoungRemy
03-02-2007, 07:19 PM
No, but what are you doing in California???

i moved

I added it to my Tivo list. I watched it and I am going to give it a chance. I do not think most TV viewers will give it a chance because it will take time to get familiar with the characters. It is well done which is no surprise since Paul Haggis is the writer and director. I really don't think it will make it to next season but I will be watching.

Why is this family called The Black Donnellys? They are a bunch of Irish kids.

"Black Irish"

but i agree that most viewers won't like it... they are unable to suspend disbelief and keep comparing to Sleepers/Sopranos/Godfather/Boondock Saints/Brotherhood

Joey Ice Cream is the man
Yeti
03-03-2007, 07:43 PM
Was the term "Black Irish" derived in the United States? I have a good friend from Ireland and I have never heard the term come out of his mouth. I am guessing it is Irish with dark hair and eyes...correct? I will look it up but I somehow think this term is rarely used to describe an Irish Clan:confused:
hpdrifter
03-05-2007, 12:24 PM
I think the Spaniards conquered Ireland for awhile or a hoarde of them moved in or something. Their decendants, with dark eyes and hair, are the black Irish.
SobaViolence
03-05-2007, 12:39 PM
^nope.

no one knows for sure, but there is a myth that Spanish Armada survivors ended up in southern Ireland, but that more than likely to be untrue.

could be a migration of Celts from western Europe, where they existed before the Romans came along, and they happened to end up eventually in Ireland.

genetics shows they have a strinking similarity to the Basque people, especially when compared to the rest of the spanish peoples' DNA.
hpdrifter
03-05-2007, 12:55 PM
Pfft, I'll make up history if I want.